CHICKEN DUM BIRYANI

Chicken Dum Biryani is one of the delicious chicken recipes that is prepared by cooking chicken with steam (literal meaning of dum pukth). Overloaded with ghee, this Indian recipe is known for its aroma and is cooked using an earthen or a copper pot.Chicken biryani is the most famous rice preparation in India.It can be made as one pot meal.

INGREDIENTS:

Chicken : 750 gm (cut into pieces)

Rice : 1/2 kg (Basmati long grains)

Curd :1 cup

Ginger + Garlic paste : 2 table spoon

Turmeric powder 1/2 tea spoon

Cumin powder :1 tea spoon

Coriander powder : 1 tea spoon

Red chilli powder : 1/2 tea spoon

Salt : to taste

Garam Masala powder : 1/2 tea spoon

Oil : 2 table spoon

Onion (sliced) 4 nos

For settingBiryani:

Onion rings : 2 nos. (open rings)

Onion sliced : 4 (fry golden brown), keep aside

Tomato (medium sized) :round sliced 3 nos.

Ginger – Julienne : 2 inch long – 2 table spoon

Mint leaves (chopped) : 6 table spoon

Coriander powder 1 ½ table spoon

Garam masala powder 1 ½ table spoon

Pure Ghee 6 table spoon

Kesar in half cup milk (soaked)

Salt : to taste

Dough 1 cup of flour

METHOD:

Wash the rice and keep for half an hour without water. Then half cook the rice and drain water properly. Keep aside.

For marinade take the chicken in a bowl. Mix all the ingredients except onion slices.

Heat the oil in a pan. Put the onion and fry till it gets light golden.

Now add marinated chicken and stir well and saute till water evaporates.

Cover the pan with lid till chicken become cooked and keep aside.

For Setting Biryani:

Take a big deep bottomed pan.

Oil the pan from inner wall and at its base properly.

Take some soft slice pieces of tomatoes and put it as first layer at the base of pan.